Poetic Response To Working Practices In Fashion

By Sarah Klymkiw

May 28, 2016

Every year TRAID Education work with the whole of the Lower Sixth Form of Pipers Corner School in High Wycombe for an extended cross-curricular project. Students are introduced to the problems and solutions as we unpick the fashion industry, analyse garments to understand their ethics and consider their environmental impact. The students form groups and explore the provenance of an unwanted garment balancing views from NGO’s, the media and the brands own PR before thoughtfully up-cycling the clothing for resale in their local charity shop.

This year the standard of students work was exceptional and during the presentations of research and finished garments we were particularly impressed with how one student creatively communicated the problems within the garment industry with a poem.

Here is Imogen Scott’s response to what she learned when exploring the supply chain of her garment.